TEHRAN-- The Iranian Ministry of Health has actually included 10 Persian traditional medicines in the list of drugs that are utilized to treat the coronavirus.Deputy Health Minister Nafiseh Hosseini-Yekta said using Persian traditional medicine has actually been integrated into the health system, IRNA reported.In this line, ten standard medications have gone into the marketplace to help suppress and treat the coronavirus, she added.Hosseini-Yekta made the remarks on January 25 at the end of the third Persian Medicine Festival.

In the 5th wave of Covid-19, we did not use the capability of Persian traditional medicine and we just supplied services in seven centers, she noted.In the 6th wave, with the formation of the Persian traditional medicine committee and the special assistance of the Ministry of Health, 158 medical centers provided outpatient treatment and counseling services and are still active, she discussed.

Traditional medicine will be taught compulsorily in universities of medical sciences from next year, and ability courses for midwifery, nursing, and nutrition fields have actually been arranged and curricula have actually been established in order to train the required forces in this field.

The Secretariat of the Persian and complementary medication has actually been established, and the development of a joint committee for tourism is among the infrastructural steps in this area, she highlighted.She explained that the adjustment of lifestyle is the essential to managing non-communicable diseases and conventional medication can be utilized in this field.Persian Medicine FestivalThe 3rd Persian Medicine Festival was held in Tehran with the primary objective of determining and supporting leading researchers and innovators in the health sector.The event likewise intended to produce a platform for higher productivity from the research study accomplishments, growth of knowledge-based markets, and multilateral interaction in between instructional, research study, and restorative centers.

Persian medicine; the course of progress and clinical innovation was the slogan of the festival, in line with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khameneis designation of the existing Iranian year (March 2022-March 2023) as The Year of Production: Knowledge-Based and Job-Creating .

Dealing with the opening ceremony, Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said Persian medicine is a precious heritage of our ancestors.It is among the most ancient types of traditional medication.

It is grounded in the concept of 4 senses of humor: phlegm (Balgham), blood (Dam), yellow bile (Safra), and black bile (Sauda).

The principle of the 4 senses of humor is based upon the teachings of Rhazes and Avicenna in a fancy medical system.So far, about 30,000 plant species have actually been recognized in the world, with Irans share of about 8,000 types which is more than the entire of types discovered in Europe.Some 2,300 types of medicinal plants have been recognized in the country, accounting for one-third of the medications used in human societies.The per capita usage of medicinal plants in Iran has to do with one kilogram of dried plants, in other words, 83,000 tons of medicinal plants worth 1.2 trillion rials (around $4 million) are consumed in the nation, while in Europe this amount is 900 grams and in the United States is 2.5 kilograms.The export earnings of medicinal plants is estimated at $700 million, the Vice President for Science and Technology, Rouhollah Dehghani, has said.Over 17,000 books have so far been published about Persian conventional medicine, which has been recognized by the World Health Organization, she noted.MG